In addition, only 11 states require accreditation for private schools, thus, taxpayer - funded vouchers are regularly used to pay for tuition
at unaccredited schools.
Since most colleges don't accept students
from unaccredited schools, the cheating by a few teachers in a few schools could jeopardize the college applications of students districtwide.
In 2014, the Missouri legislature passed an education choice bill that would allow students
attending unaccredited schools to use their public education funds to attend a private school.
A May 19 story on a U.S. General Accounting Office report on «diploma mills» («Federal Investigators Target «Diploma Mills»») implied that three
unaccredited schools mentioned in the report are diploma mills.
Unfortunately, getting an on - line degree and being admitted in California (which allows grads
of unaccredited schools to sit for its exam) is of little use if your family later decides to move to one of the many states that won't allow you to be admitted on motion or by exam because of the school from which you graduated.
All manner of student loans which should have been discharged — such as loans
for unaccredited schools, loans for tutoring services, and loans beyond the cost of attendance for college — have been swept up in this interpretation.
Students looking to attain certification by the Dental Assisting National Board should review this list carefully, as those
attending unaccredited schools can not take the exam until they have completed two years of work as a dental assistant.
In 2013, the year before students transferred, fewer than 20 percent of students in the two
unaccredited school districts were proficient in reading or math.
And so you go to
an unaccredited school, you're not getting funding to go to college.
Unaccredited schools are not necessarily diploma mills.
Annette and Reginald Miles founded
the unaccredited school 13 years ago.
This paper compares assessment infrastructure and expenditure levels of accredited and
unaccredited schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs).
Likewise, a special investigation conducted by the Washington Post found serious problems with the voucher schools in DC, including: «One of those schools was run out of a soot - stained storefront on Georgia Avenue;
another unaccredited school was supported by the Nation of Islam and was run out of a rowhouse in Deanwood where the bathroom had a floor blackened with dirt, a sink coated in grime and a bathtub filled with paint cans and cleaning supplies.»
An unaccredited school (or a business claiming to be a school) that awards a degree or other credential for a fee while requiring little or no classwork meeting college - level standards.
Jason Iuliano argues in a new paper that bankruptcy courts have interpreted the discharge exception too broadly, applying it to loans for
unaccredited schools, loans for tutoring services, and loans beyond the cost of attendance for college.
«Why the recurring preoccupation with a short - lived,
unaccredited school at the back of beyond, which never had enough students to pay its way?»
Can I use
an unaccredited school on my resume?
If you get a degree from
an unaccredited school, and use that degree to get a job, depending on the state, you may be committing a crime.
Unaccredited schools are thriving in California with approximately 147 known «diploma mills,» more than any other U.S. state and a 10 percent increase from the past year, according to the Accredibase ™ Report for 2011 from Verifile Limited.
Similarly, a psychologist whose degree came from
an unaccredited school or whose license has been suspended may not be well - qualified.